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NEWSPAPER FILE.

No. 349,637. Patented Sept. 21, 1886.

INVENTORS.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM F. FILE, OF `TOIEKA,

PATENT OFFICE.

KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO C. S.

SHEFFIELD.

NEWSPAPER-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,637, dated September 21, 1886.

Application filed December 5, 1885. Serial No. 184,842.

To allwhom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, TILLLUI F. FILE, a

, citizen ot' the United States, residing at Topeka, in the coimty oi' Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Newspaper-Files; and I do declare the following to be a Tull, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to i0 which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 ofthe drawings is a side View of my iile. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view showing paper-file. A

This invention has relation to newspaperfiles; 'and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, all as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the elongated body of the file, having the ledge or bearing B on its side extend- From this ledge project the pins C C, said pins projecting upward or at right angles to the ledge.

VD D are bearings on the upper edge of the file-body A, to receive the journals E, which 3o carry the pressure-arms F, the ends of which are expanded or turned outward, so that they will have broad bearing on the paper which is placed on the ledge, the pins C passing through it. The pressure ends G of the pressure-arms are designed to bear on the paper near the pins, holding the paper securely and preventing it from tearing away. The journals E are also each provided with a crank-arm, K, which is slotted to receive a stud, L, of the slide-bar 4o N, which worksin engagement with abearing,

P, of the tile-body, said bearing being preferably a groove, in order to lessen the size ofthe iile, and to prevent the slide from being injured, the groove act-ing as a guard.

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S represents a screw-threaded extension at the end of the iile, said extension being journaled in the iile, as at T, so that it can he freely rotated. A threaded collar, V, on said extension is connected to an arm, Z, of the slide which operates the p ressnre-cranks. By turning the screw in one direction the slide is operated to raise` the pressure-arms away from the ledge and pins, so that the paper can be readily disengaged from or introduced into the iile. When the paper is placed in the file on the ledge, as above indicated, it is readily secured by turning the screw in the opposite direction, this operation moving the slide-bar back and causing the pressurearms to be forced into close contact Ywith the paper.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. The combination, with a file body, of crank-pressure arms operating against abearing-ledge of said body, a screw-extension and collar, and abar connecting said 'collar and the pressure-cranks, substantially as specified.

2. A iile-body having a ledge-bearingextending lengthwise on its side, and provided with pins and movable pressure-arms operated by a threaded collar and extension-screw at the end of the file-body, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the grooved lebody having a bearing-ledge, of the pivoted pressure-cranks connected to a slide-bar engaging said groove, and means for moving said slide-bar, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. FILE.

iVitznesses: y

G. N. ELLIOTT, Ross F. BELL. 

